Kids and Sept. 11: The Day 'Children Realized ... Grownups Were Vulnerable'

It seems there are two types of stories about how children who experienced Sept. 11: First, of course, there are the stories about the children who lost parents on that day, and then there are those who are too young to remember what life was like before the attacks.

Kids and Sept. 11: The Day 'Children Realized ... Grownups Were Vulnerable'

Kids and Sept. 11: The Day 'Children Realized ... Grownups Were Vulnerable'

"I couldn't comprehend why someone would actually do that," she said. But she said she remembers it was the first time she felt American.

Then she learned Osama bin Laden was Muslim.

"When they said he was Muslim, I went into shock, because I didn't know how to put the two together," she said. "How someone who said they were Muslim was trying to harm Americans."

Our friend Tom Huizenga over at Deceptive Cadence also touched on this subject this week. He spoke to composer Michael Gordon, who based one of his pieces on the conversations 3- and 4-year-olds were having about Sept. 11.